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Perhaps we should be careful when we combine comments regarding E-10
Gasoline and Bio diesel fuel.
I have not heard of any issues regarding bio-diesel and fuel tank problems.
FWIW - The energy to make bio diesel from waste vegetable oil is quite
energy efficient and produces a product with considerably more energy than
it takes to deliver it to the consumer. Glycerine is a by-product of the
process and a valuable one at that.
Philip
At 06:48 AM 8/1/2006, wrote:
> >> Fortunately, Diesels tend to have good filtration. And it is know
> >> that when you start running Bio, plan on changing your filters a LOT
> >> for a while :-)
> >
> > Um hmmm and what about my fiberglass fuel tanks that are being eaten
> > up. Then there is the energy issue, it takes more energy to make the
> > junk than it saves,
>
>There are people I know of travelling around the country in a diesel
>camper. They get fuel by filtering used cooking oil from restaurants.
>That would be discared if they did not run on it.
>
>
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